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BOTANY. 
Claytonia perfoliata, Don. Bot. Mag. t. 1336; Torr. & Gray , Flor. 1, p. 200 & 676. Near 
San Francisco, California ; May. 
Claytonia paryifolia, Mocino, in DC. Prodr. 3 ,p. 361. C. filicaulis, Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 
1, p. 224. McCnmber’s, Northern California; July. 
Calandrinia Menziesii, Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 1 , p. 223, t. 10; Torr. & Gray , Flor. 1, p. 
197. Fort Reading, California; April. 
Spraguea umbellata, Torr. Plant. Fremont, p. 4, t. 1. McCumber’s, California. Crater Pass, 
Cascade mountains, altitude 6,700 feet. At McCumber’s this plant has acute leaves, erect flower 
stems, and pale cream-colored flowers. On the-summits of the Cascade mountains I found the 
whole plant spread mat-like on the sand, small, with truncated leaves and purple flowers and 
stems. 
STERCULACEiE. 
Fremontia Californica, Torr. PI. Fremont, in Smithson. Contrib. 6, p. 5, t. 2. Near Fort 
Reading, California. July 27-30, in fruit. 
MALVACEiE. 
Sidalcea malv-eflora, Gray. PI. Wright. l,p. 16. McCumber’s and Hat Creek, N. California ; 
August 1 to 10; in flower. 
Sidalcea iiirsuta, Gray. PI. Wright 1, p. 16. S. delpliinifolia, Gray, PL Fendl. p. 19, 
McCumber’s, July 29; in flower. 
Sidalcea Hartwegi, Gray. PI. Fendl., p, 209; Benth. PI. Hartw.p. 300. Fort Reading; 
April, in flower. 
Malva borealis, Wallr.; Gray. PI. Fendl., p. 15. M. obtusa, Torr. fyGray, Flor. 1 ,p. 225. 
Common in the southern portions of the Sacramento valley. 
Malva hederacea, Dougl. in Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 1 , p. 107. Near Benicia; July 1, in 
flower. 
LINACEiE. 
Linum perenne, Linn.; Torr. & Gr. Flor. 1, p. 204; Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 1, p. 106. 
Common in northern California and Klamath basin ; used by the Indians for making twine, of 
which they make nets for catching fish and birds. 
Linum Californicum, Benth. PI. Hartw., p. 298. McCumber’s, Northern California; July. 
Much smaller plant than the last; flowers white. 
GERANIACEiE. 
Geranium incisum, Nutt. G. albiflorum var. incisum, Torr. & Gr. Flor. 1, p. 208. G. albi- 
florum, Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 1, p. 116, t. 40. On the banks of a small tributary of the 
Columbia, near the Dalles. October 1, in flower ; flowers nearly white. 
Erodium cicutarium. L’Herit., DC. Prodr. 1, p. 646 ; Torr. & Gray , Flor. 1, p. 208. Com¬ 
mon in all parts of the Sacramento valley, in the Klamath basin, and on the Columbia. In 
flower from June to November. 
OXALIDACEiE. 
Oxalis corniculata, {Linn.) Am.; D.C. Prodr., 1, p. 692; Hook. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 1, p. 117. 
Willamette valley, O. T. ; October, in flower. San Francisco, California; November. 
Oxalis Oregana, Nutt, in Torr. & Gray , Flor. 1 ,p. 211. Willamette valley, O. T.; October. 
